Mind Your Liberty

Joining me for today’s special Veterans’ Day episode of the Mind Your Liberty podcast is a very special guest, one of my heroes, Vietnam Veteran Ron Aguiar. Listen in as he shares with us how he entered the military as a young man, a few of his memories, and how God used that whole experience to bring him to Himself. Since God brought him through all that Ron has continued to spread liberty by mentoring young men such as myself. I doubt you’re going to want to miss this one, so buckle up, it’s a long one!
 
 
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My good friend Nathan Norris joined me on this episode to bring you an interesting conversation expounding further upon the interaction of fear and liberty. I apologize for the poor audio quality of the conversation, I was not able to make a high quality recording. We recorded this while driving across the country. 
 
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To defend our liberty, we must strive to "know our enemy". This episode is the first in a new series I'm beginning, where we take a look at specific enemies of liberty, and solutions to defend against them. The first is a biggie: Fear. Listen in as I break it down as I understand it, and be sure and share your thoughts on the episode. Send me an email at mindyourliberty@gmail.com. Also included at the beginning of this episode is an update and testimony on my life of late, which I was excited to share. Thanks for listening! 
 
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Today I read and go over another foundational document in the development of Liberty in the American founding era. Listen in as I read through the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
 
 
Document reading starts at 5:26
 
Virginia Declaration of Rights-
https://web.archive.org/web/20181022172807/http://www.gunstonhall.org:80/georgemason/human_rights/vdr_final.html
PETITION OF THE 10,000 FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, 1776-
https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/items/show/283
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights
 
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For this month's episode I recorded a terrific Dorothy Sayers' essay on education, called The Lost Tools of Learning. In it, she outlines a return to classical education in the modern era. I simply didn't have time to expound on it much, but the piece stands on it's own. Enjoy, and have your thoughts provoked! 
 
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www.classicalconversations.com
 
The Lost Tools of Writing, by Dorothy Sayers - https://archive.org/details/sayers1948losttoolslearning
 

My friends Fred and Rawné Pierce discuss their family homeschooling journey, how they encountered Classical Conversations, and why they chose classical education for their family. They have a unique perspective, as they look back, now that they are about to graduate their oldest child. 
 
Mentioned resources:
A Thomas Jefferson Education - https://a.co/d/4Qd726l
https://bravebooks.us/
https://jockopodcast.com/
The Way of the Warrior Kid - https://a.co/d/dJ5Pwz2
https://classicalconversations.com/
https://www.mindyourliberty.com/
 
 

Local School Board member Kim Miller joins us to discuss her experience on the school board, and how we can stay engaged in the community as Christians, even if our kids aren't in the public school district. 
 
James Lindsay's New Discourses Bullets (Scroll down to the first episodes from last year) - https://newdiscourses.com/tag/nd-bullets/
 
The Expulsive Power of a New Affection , Thomas Chalmers, Book - https://a.co/d/03i4wHx
The Expulsive Power of a New Affection , Thomas Chalmers, PDF - https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/Chalmers,%20Thomas%20-%20The%20Exlpulsive%20Power%20of%20a%20New%20Af.pdf
 
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In this short informal episode I dust off the mic after a month's break and go over What's in a Name, Where We've been, & What's in Store for 2023.
What's in a name - Why the podcast is titled Mind Your Liberty, and what shape the podcast has taken
Where we've been - a brief look back at the podcast in 2022
What's in store for 2023 - To give you an idea of what to expect this year.
Thanks for listening! 
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"The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people, a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations” - John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, 1818
 
Have you ever wondered what was being preached in the American colonies before the revolution? Given the outstanding role that "religious sentiments" played in the pre-war psyche, we certainly should be curious what the preaching was like. Today I read though a sermon preached by Rev. Samuel Davies, way back in 1755. This sermon was given to admonish a group of volunteer militia going to defend the western territories during the French and Indian War. Listen in and hear what he had to say! There are many points to consider that are fully as applicable today as in 1755. 
 
The Constituents of A Good Soldier, full text - 
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N05830.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
 
John Adams’ Letter to Hezekiah Niles - https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/revolution/Adams-Niles.pdf
 
Adams’ Letter Full Text, beta transcript - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6854
 
Book where I found this sermon. - https://a.co/g7uJqLy 
 
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The Stamp Act was now going into effect in Colonial America, meaning colonists of all stripes (anybody that used paper) had to make a choice - to use the comply or not to comply. John Dickinson, “the Penman of the Revolution”, wrote this broadside pamphlet to encourage his countrymen to carefully consider their course of action, and the consequences thereof. 
 
“THE Stamp Act, therefore, is to be regarded only as an EXPERIMENT OF YOUR DISPOSITION. If you quietly bend your Necks to that Yoke, you prove yourselves ready to receive any Bondage to which your Lords and Masters shall please to subject you.” [Emphasis original]
Stamp Act - https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/stamp_act_1765.asp
 
Broadside Against the Stamp Act - https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Writings_of_John_Dickinson/DaWqy3gNcogC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA201&printsec=frontcover 
 
Other good stuff - https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/crisis/text3/stampactresponse1765.pdf 
 
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